I see what you mean, but if you still have to use your mouse to click on the comment before you press A, you might as well just click the arrow. I get it's a habit that's in your fingers now, just saying RES UX might not be super either.

I'm currently developing a keyboard shortcuts extension. Subscribe to /v/vks and get the Chrome and Firefox extensions there if you're interested. If it takes off, I'll work on integrating it into the Voat code base!

One one many reason why I am staying with Voat is the fact that I dont have to use RES anymore. When I started using Voat and I got this functionality out of the box with Voat, I was really happy. I am totally happy with one less extension on my browser.